Coin holder or package



(No Model.)

G. HEI1VI & P. W. SGHWANDER.

COIN HOLDER OR PACKAGE.

No. 458,735. Patented Sept. 1, 1891..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HEIM AND PETER WVILLIAM SCI'IWANDER, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

COIN HOLDER OR PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,735, datedSeptember 1, 18 91.

Application filed May 1, 1891. Serial No, 391,201 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES HEIM and PETER WILLIAM SCHWANDER, citizensof the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCoin Holders or Packages; and we do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in coinholders or packages; and it has for its object to provide a simple,durable, and efficient device for packing coins within a small space,either for transportation or for convenience in storing.

To these ends and such others as the invention may pertain the sameconsists in the peculiar construction of the coin-holder, as

shown in the accompanying drawings, and as.

hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coinholder embodying myimprovements,the same being shown as in actual use. Fig. 2 is a similarview in which the device is shown as empty and in readiness to receivethe coins. Reference now being had to the accompanying drawings byletter, A and B represent strips of sheet metal, the body portions A andB of which are of a length corresponding with the thickness of thenumber of coins of a particular denomination which it may be desired topack within the holder. The ends of the said strips are bent at rightangles to the body portions. In assembling these parts the body portionsA and B are separated for a short distance, and the ends A and B areoverlapped and soldered or otherwise secured together, as at a.

O is a strip of sheet metal in all respects similar in form and size tothe strips A and B, the ends 0 of said strip being pivoted upon pivots bb, which are passed through the overlapped and united ends of the portions A and B of the strips A and B, the said strip (3 being permittedto turn freely upon its pivots.

It will of course be understood that the coin-holders may be made of anydesired size, the same depending upon the denomination of the coins andupon the number of coins to be packed in a single case. In the presentinstance I have shown in the drawings a holder adapted to receive tensilver dollars. If a greater number of coins were to be provided for,the holder would of course be made longer, depending entirely upon thenumber of coins to be packed in it.

The operation of the device is simple and readily understood. When thecoins are to be placed within the holder, the strip 0 is turned upon itspivots, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and the holder is filledwith coins, after which the said strip 0 is drawn back over the edges ofthe coins, as shown in Fig. 1, thus locking the coins securely withinthe holder. It is deemed important that the two straps be so secured asnotto turn and that the pivots pass through the ends of all threestrips, whereby they have a longer bearing and are less liable to bebent when in use.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim to be new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

In a coin-holder, the combination, with the metallic strips A and B,bent as described and having their ends overlapped and secured together,of the part 0, also of sheet metal, said part C being pivoted at itsends to the ends of the strips A and B at their point of attachment andadapted to be turned upon its pivots, so as to embrace the edges of thecoins contained in the holder, said pivots being passed through the endsof all of said strips, whereby they have along bearing and are lessliable to be bent, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES IIEIM. PETER WILLIAM SCIIWANDER. \Vitnesses:

W. W. GLASS, H. 0. THOMPSON.

